[John D]

You said “Our jails are bursting at the seams. This is because we are filling them with people who drove without a license or puffed some mary jane. House arrest seems a good alternative,”
Is that not what you said? Driving under the influence of “mary jane” is DUI. There is a reason people have their license revoked, usually because they do not respect the law and put others in danger. Putting someone who has no respect for the law under house arrest does no good, as they will abide by that order as well as they do other laws.

[3D-JOY]

I agree with you on this.

Flagrant refusal to do what is court ordered after a conviction is grounds for incarceration. Her ability to hurt other people with her impared driving comes first.

Was she actually driving without lights on and went off the wrong side of the road? Second time stopped after license revoked. Probation violations. I believe that the repeat problems would get people about 2 years here in Florida. She had already plea bargained and agreed to all terms...no excuses would apply!

I don’t want to meet her on our roads either.

[Mjaye]

Putting someone who has no respect for the law under house arrest does no good, as they will abide by that order as well as they do other laws.<<<<<<<<<

LOL, years ago I supervised felons on electronic monitoring. I would get paged in the middle of the night if they left their designated space, and we’d have to go hunt them down (no GPS back then). One night we went out on a call and I decided to check on another person nearby who was also on monitoring. He practically had a line around the block of folks buying drugs/guns from his house. On his way to jail, he noted that he’d never realized how cool it was to work from home, much more relaxing than making deliveries.